synthetic oil help generator start better???

[namesray]

I have a champion generator that starts hard during colder temps (and I mean starts hard!). This summer it started up pretty easy, so I was wondering if I switched to a synthetic oil, would that help it start easier when the temps get colder? Over last winter I went from conventional 10w 30 to conventional 5w 30 and didn't notice any difference.

If switching to synthetic oil, is there anything I should do such as a flush or something?

 

[whistlepig]

Buy a good plastic spray bottle from Ace Hardware. Put some fresh gas in it. Take your spark plug out and spray a couple of squirts in the spark plug hole. Screw the plug back in and start it.

 

[ray66v]

Buy a good plastic spray bottle from Ace Hardware. Put some fresh gas in it. Take your spark plug out and spray a couple of squirts in the spark plug hole. Screw the plug back in and start it.

What is even easier is, spray some WD-40 in the spark plug hole.

It if the choke is set up properly, and it closes all the way, the engine will start on the first pull.

 

[whistlepig]

Synthetic oil would be of small comfort to me for cold starting a generator in the winter.

 

[groundcover]

Sounds like what you need is synthetic gas ! I have been very happy with SEF94, pretty spendy though!

 

[two4spooky]

Would it help, maybe??? Hard to turn over or just not firing? How cold? If hard to turn over it might. How much oil does it hold, a quart or so? Super Tech synthetic from Walmart is not very expensive. Try it and see.

 

[V1Rotate]

I have a champion generator that starts hard during colder temps (and I mean starts hard!). This summer it started up pretty easy, so I was wondering if I switched to a synthetic oil, would that help it start easier when the temps get colder? Over last winter I went from conventional 10w 30 to conventional 5w 30 and didn't notice any difference.

If switching to synthetic oil, is there anything I should do such as a flush or something?

It's probably not the oil causing the hard starting. Try installing a new spark plug and some fresh fuel with some type of additive that will clean the fuel system such as Sea Foam.

 

[vrmnthntr]

Would it help, maybe??? Hard to turn over or just not firing? How cold? If hard to turn over it might. How much oil does it hold, a quart or so? Super Tech synthetic from Walmart is not very expensive. Try it and see.

What he said. Does it not turn over easy or not fire?

I have a champion log splitter that sits outside under cover and when its below freezing and it doesn't fire as well. Turns over easy. I have synthetic in it. Just takes a few or 10 extra pulls. New plug doesn't matter.

If it gets really cold and I know I'm going to use it. I put it in the garage.

The champion generator I have stays in the garage so I'm not sure on that.

 

[DEWFPO]

Describe "starts hard". Otherwise we're shooting in the dark.

DEWFPO

 

[namesray]

Describe "starts hard". Otherwise we're shooting in the dark.

DEWFPO

I pull and pull and pull and pull...... have to keep moving the choke back and forth and it will almost start to fire, but then in an instant still be turning over but seeming to not be firing. once I do get it started it runs fine and i can shut it off and wait 10 minutes and it will start fine in the cold weather.

I have had it for 3 years and year 1 and 2 it started easier in cold weather then it does now, but why does it start ok in the summer. so I thought something is causing hard starts that thick oil is complicating. I am not knowlegable enough to fix an engine issue myself, so since it still ran fine and started ok in the summer, I would try synthetic oil first if you guys thought synthetic would help cold starting over conventional oil.